Sirach 17:28

“But these provoking men that dwell in the tombs, are of that kind, which in another passage the Scripture pointeth out, saying, “From a dead man, as from one that is not, confession perisheth.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xvii. 28.

“He hath lost confession, really dead he is, and there is fulfilled in him that which elsewhere is spoken of, “From a dead man, as from one that is not, there perisheth confession.”…” — editor's note: Ecclus. xvii. 28.

“For on account of elation they lose confession, and so they are slain, and in them is fulfilled what Scripture saith, “Confession perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xvii. 28.